amphora

An item at Louvre

Decoration: on shoulder; tabs on belly (side B); painting; discus thrower (beard, holding, discus); athlete (headband, holding, javelin, 3, between); trainer (2, beard, headband, 1, himation, holding, stick) Condition of the work: only part of the belly remains, composed of 7 joined fragments glued back together; concretions; numerous chips

Department of Greek, Etruscan and Roman Antiquities

An exhibit at Louvre

The Department of Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Antiquities is home to a collection of artworks representing the Greek, Etruscan, and Roman civilizations; it illustrates the art of a vast area encompassing Greece, Italy, and the whole of the Mediterranean basin, and spans the period from Neolithic times (4th millennium BC) to the 6th century AD.

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